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After this humble beginning, the fire crew, now under the auspices of the Duxford Aviation Society grew fairly rapidly, with the second fire appliance, a Landrover ACR(T)II, NJE489R being acquired in 1976. This appliance had previously served in the Royal Air Force, and had a local connection, being based at RAF Oakington for many years, making the regular journey to Waterbeach and back, which was used by the stations Varsity aircraft as a relief landing ground.
During the latter half of 1978 two further Thorneycroft / Sun appliances were obtained from the British Airports Authority, one being a Foam Tender, SXT 107 and the other a Water Tender (Foam), SXT 115, which was broken for spares. The Foam Tender was totally rebuilt by the fire crews and following a respray by one of the members, became operational late in 1979.
